


League has among the largest footprints of any game in streaming media communities on platforms such as YouTube and it routinely ranks first in the most-watched hours.

As of January 2014, over 67 million people played League of Legends per month, 27 million per day, and over 7.5 million concurrently during peak hours. By July 2012, League of Legends was the most played PC game in North America and Europe in terms of the number of hours played. League of Legends was generally well received upon its release in 2009, and has since grown in popularity, with an active and expansive fanbase. The champions and setting blend a variety of elements, including high fantasy, steampunk, and Lovecraftian horror. Each League of Legends match is discrete, with all champions starting off fairly weak but increasing in strength by accumulating items and experience over the course of the game. The goal is usually to destroy the opposing team’s “nexus”, a structure which lies at the heart of a base protected by defensive structures, although other distinct game modes exist as well. In League of Legends, players assume the role of an unseen “summoner” that controls a “champion” with unique abilities and battle against a team of other players or computer-controlled champions. The game follows a freemium model and is supported by microtransactions, and was inspired by the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne mod, Defense of the Ancients. This is the mode’s fourth season.League of Legends (abbreviated LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and macOS.

In addition to the improvements in the Custom Games browser and some bug fixes, a new season of Competitive three-vs-three Lockout Elimination has begun. If the Custom Game doesn’t have the Mode Name filled out, the share code will be what’s displayed instead. Overwatch developers are encouraging creators to reupload their game modes with the new Mode Name filled out so it’s easier for players to find them. It’s used to represent the different modes in the Custom Games browser. There’s also a new Custom Game setting called Mode Name, which is right above the description in the Custom Games settings. The Recent tab shows all of the game modes that a player has recently played, while the All Games tab gives the standard list of lobbies. Players can favorite a game mode by ticking the star icon next to any mode on the list. The Favorites tab allows players to select their favorite game modes and compile them in a list. The Popular tab shows the most played modes and modes that have started trending.
